The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and The Big Hungry Bear
Don and Audrey Wood
Synopsis:
This gorgeous picture book offers readers a dazzling journey of one mouse and his quest to protect his red, ripe strawberry. Follow the mouse as he hides, protects and eventually shares his tasty morsel.
Response:
Pictures are the main focus with this book. The large illustrations are accompanied by minimal text. Beginning readers can catch many cues from these beautiful pictures. And, don’t think just because there is minimal text that there aren’t big words for younger readers to decode.
We once again find a mouse in a predicament. The mouse seems to be a very popular charcter to be the underdog in some literature. It can a symbol of cunning wit, or helplessness, or occasionally mischief. In this instance the mouse is a mischievous underdog, albeit, hungry.
Activity:
Using both this text If you Give a Mouse a Pancake, and various other mouse character texts, have the kids analyze the different ways mice are portrayed in literature. Once they have analyzed the mouse, they can move onto another character.
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